How do I access my iPhoto files on my mac?

Okay,
So, so far I have spent or should I say wasted over 15mins trying to sort this out and read through various comments.... Mac is meant to be user friendly... Clearly iphoto is a joke .....
Iv done a time machine backup, i wanted to check all my new photos uploaded from my iphone where on it, I went to Pictures, iphoto and expected as one would to then be able to see in my iphoto library a list of all my files... but er no? Instead I just get a natty icon... Gee, thanks
15, probably 20mins wasted by now I still see no easy answer to finding these, why is it made so hard?
I decided to try finder, it kindly deicded to open every file, once again, thanks...
Clearly iphoto, like its brother in on the iphone makes no sense.... as I recently found out that it only uploads what it wants to, not what I want it to within a period of one month.........  how drunk was someone when that idea was floated??
So, in short, is there a simple way , without opening iphoto, to do a logical path such as HD, pictures, iphoto, iphoto library and then BAM! just see all my files?
Thanks
miss

So, in short, is there a simple way , without opening iphoto, to do a logical path such as HD, pictures, iphoto, iphoto library and then BAM! just see all my files?
In short - no.
If you are using iPhoto to manage your photos for you, use iPhoto to retrieve  them.
There are many user-friendy ways to access photos in iPhoto, but if you simply want a set of nested folders with photos, don't import your photos to iPhoto.
See Terence Devlin's User Tip on how to access photos in iPhoto and get the most out of iPhoto:
                 How to Access Files in iPhoto
                 iPhoto and File Management
                 Exporting From iPhoto

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